Quotes by John Taylor Gatto

Grades don't measure anything other than your relevant obedience to a manager.

— John Taylor Gatto

Wisdom

For reasons that are both fair and foul - but mostly for fair reasons - we have come under the domain of a scientific-management system whose ambitions are endless. They want to manage every second of our lives, every expenditure that we make. And the schools are the training ground to create a population that's easy to manage.

— John Taylor Gatto

Wisdom

School is a twelve-year jail sentence where bad habits are the only curriculum truly learned. I teach school and win awards doing it. I should know.

— John Taylor Gatto

Education

In a home school, the kid does 95% of the work. But in a school system, since it's an indoctrination system, a teacher has to do 95% of the work.

— John Taylor Gatto

Success

School reform is not enough. The notion of schooling itself must be challenged.

— John Taylor Gatto

Wisdom